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Question: How do you and your spouse/ partner organize the income that one or both of you receive?
Choices: "I manage all the money and give my spouse/partner his/her share" "My spouse/partner manages all the money and gives me my share" "We pool all the money and each take out what we need" "We pool some of the money and keep the rest separate" "We each keep our own money separate"
Data: % of "We each keep our own money separate"
Period:
Area:
22 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Canada12.0%
2 Austria11.8%
3 Sweden10.6%
4 New Zealand10.2%
5 Norway9.6%
6 United States9.5%
7 United Kingdom9.0%
8 Australia7.6%
9 Israel6.3%
10 Germany5.8%
11 Bulgaria5.6%
12 Slovenia4.9%
13 Netherlands3.8%
14 Poland3.4%
15 Ireland3.0%
16 Hungary2.9%
17 Italy 2.8%
17 Japan2.8%
19 Czech Republic2.6%
20 Philippines1.7%
21 Spain1.3%
22 Russian Federation0.3%

Note
The question is asked to those who live with their spouse/ partner. Can't choose/ No answer/ Other are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 216 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 10.655801 X +6.089
Correlation coefficient (r)0.622
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.387

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 351541.966008 X +23590.772
Correlation coefficient (r)0.524
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.275

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 43.132651 X +77.300
Correlation coefficient (r)0.408
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.166

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -0.356154 X +1.639
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.035
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 1.248300 X +12.019
Correlation coefficient (r)0.009
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000